Agathon Rwasa

Agathon Rwasa was the leader of the National Forces of Liberation (FNL) of Burundi

Biography
Agathon Rwasa was born in Burundi to a family of Catholic Hutus, and he led the National Forces of Liberation during the Burundian Civil War against the government. During the war, he used hundreds of child soldiers and was responsible for killing and maiming civilians, and in 2010 he went into hiding after believing that a warrant had been issued for his arrest for destabilizing the country after elections. During the Burundian Unrest after 2015, his FNL party was one of the factions opposed to President Pierre Nkurunziza's dictatorship.